Adverse health effects have been reported in indoor swimming pools. Contributing factors may include high air humidity encouraging microbial growth, ventilation,aerosols and volatile organic compounds, as well as microbiological and physico-chemical quality of water. These factors were analyzed in five indoor swimming pools, of which four were to be renovated in the near future and one was only two years old. In addition, technical investigation of building structures, ventilation system, and physical conditions indoors was conducted.

The scope of the present paper is the presentation of a dynamic and interactive vocational training tool for the implementation of the Directive 2002/91/EC.Certain features of the tool that depend on the existing legislation and restrictions in each country and certain characteristics of the trainees (e.g. profession, scientific background) that influence in a great or in a small extent the training procedure in each case are analyzed.

Automated living and working environment is becominga commonly used service. The present paper deals with a dynamically automated control of shading in buildings during mid-seasons. In addition to shading the controller also regulates illuminance levels, internaltemperatures and their harmonization. The system is designed as fuzzy controller that functions in real time and under real environmental conditions. For this purposea test chamber with an opening on the southern side was built. Changeable geometry of the opening was realized with the automated external roller blind.

It has been widely recognised that too few projects initiatedunder both national as well as EU funded research projects find their way to commercial exploitation.

Temperature, relative humidity, pressure difference across the floor and microbial concentrations were investigatedin the four buildings which had either concrete floor (1 piece) or wooden floors (3 pieces) and crawlspaces.The temperature followed the outdoor temperaturein the crawlspaces having wooden floors. The relativehumidity in all the crawl spaces was continuously for a month at least 75 %. The moisture and temperatureconditions were favorable for microbial growth and several moisture indicating microbes were analyzed in crawlspaces and in indoor air.

A study was performed in 6 elementary schools in Japan,and measurements were made on temperature in classrooms and corridors, outdoor temperature, CO2 concentration and closing or opening of windows and doors.

To promote the sustainability the building environment is full of opportunities; in particular in Europe with the energy building performance directive and its adaptationin Spain with the new regulation on energy efficiencyin building (Cdigo Tcnico de la Edificacin: CTE). The work on energy efficiency in building could be held since different point of view.

In temperate continental climates, the reduction of the solar radiation influence in summer season, over the comfort conditions of internal spaces, can only be achieved by natural means in two ways: one possibility is through occupants adjustments of themselves (clothing,activity, metabolism) and the second possibility is through occupants control of the energy flows (heat, light, sound) in-out the building (management of the envelope).

Building industry is often regarded as a mature and traditionalsector, in which the technological development is not so accelerated as in other cases.The increasing costs for electric energy, heating and climatization,the dramatic environmental issues draw the attention of professionals and experts to those technologicalsolutions, components and devices which are going to represent the immediate future of engineering practices.The attention was drawn to a 16 900 m3 sport facility building with 800 seats to be built in the East sector of Rome, one of the districts in which is higher the need

This paper evaluates current situation of the university building which is considered oriented in the wrong direction,in the campus area of Izmir Institute of Technologyin Izmir, Turkey. The building, which houses the Faculty offices, is used by the Faculty of Architecture. Experience has indicated that cooling loads of the buildingare quite high, as it is oriented with the main design decision of facing the sea panorama along the long axis, lying in north-southerly direction, 11 from north to east.